Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FRIG'ID, a. [L. frigidus, from frigeo, to be or to grow cold; rigeo, to be stiff or frozen; Gr. ῥιγεω. If the radical sense is to be stiff, the root coincides nearly with that of right, rectus, or with that of reach, region, which is to stretch, that is, to draw or contract.]

1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; as, the frigid zone.
2. Wanting warmth of affection; unfeeling; as, a frigid temper or constitution.
3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent.
4. Dull; jejune; unanimated; wanting the fire of genius or fancy; as, a frigid style; frigid rhymes.
5. Stiff; formal; forbidding; as, a frigid look or manner.
6. Wanting zeal; dull; formal; lifeless; as, frigid services.